On Tuesday night in Las Vegas, the Indiana Fever's 2025 campaign finally came to an end with a 107-98 loss to the Las Vegas Aces in overtime of a deciding Game 5 of the WNBA semifinals. Improbably, almost illogically, this Fever team was only five minutes away from making it back to the WNBA Finals for the first time since 2015.

It's official: The Fever aren't just relevant again, they're legit contenders, and if they keep their core together, will be for years to come.

None of this would have seemed surprising at the outset of the season -- the team had championship hopes and high external expectations. But nothing went according to plan for Indiana this summer.

DeWanna Bonner , the team's marquee offseason acquisition, was moved to the bench three games into the season, and a cou

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